Hank,
Thanks for the tip and I agree -
I don't have an Offy intake but no worries, I plan to "Grow" the engine into the Clifford, first a 292 will replace the 250, then a few parts added to that. So I am following T Lowe's dyno tests fairly closely to see how the two compare.
The Clifford intake is surprisingly driveable, this is a stock 3-on-the-tree car and I can just let the clutch out slowly and it will take off with the throttle closed and run. I was surprised it was that well behaved once I got a good carb on top and all the vac leaks sealed. But to the floor, you can tell, the intake is too big up to about 3500, and at that point the stock cam and exhaust are too small so everything is fighting itself. I knew this, I just threw it on the stock 250 to see how bad it would be. It does misbehave in "cold" weather, ie below 50F or so. So I would not suggest it as a winter intake for areas that have real winter like New York or Michigan. Some of those nights in DEtroit would get so cold you had to pull the battery out and bring it inside at nite so the car would start the next morning at -20F. Zings right over then.
